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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ misuses of the RCU API, most notably using one of the rcu_dereference()
family to access an RCU-protected pointer without the proper protection.
When such misuse is detected, an lockdep-RCU splat is emitted.
-The usual cause of a lockdep-RCU slat is someone accessing an
+The usual cause of a lockdep-RCU splat is someone accessing an
RCU-protected data structure without either (1) being in the right kind of
RCU read-side critical section or (2) holding the right update-side lock.
This problem can therefore be serious: it might result in random memory